I've been a self taught musician since I was 6 (Organ) and moved on to Keyboards and piano, guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Singing, Composing, and most recently I picked up the Violin because my daughter is taking lessons. Well.. I can play much of what I hear now.. and I'm amazed at how hard violin compares to other instruments to play - it's size, fretless fingerboard and bowing all add up to being a challenging instrument to say the least! It's fun - and when I'm not miss-fretting notes - it sounds great. One thing about violin - it really let's you know when you make a mistake (almost as if it's yelling at ya!)